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'Pandemic Studios' is a video game developer notable for creating destructible environments that is based in Los Angeles, California and Brisbane, Australia. Recently, their major hits have been ''Full Spectrum Warrior'', '', '', ''Destroy All Humans!'' and ''.
The company's president is Josh Resnick and its CEO is Andrew Goldman — both formerly worked at Activision, and Pandemic was founded with an equity investment by Activision in 1998 (investors include Bono from U2). Pandemic's first two games, '' and ''Dark Reign 2'', were both sequels to Activision games.
In 2000, Pandemic opened a satellite studio in the Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. The first project was ''Army Men RTS'', a console RTS game using the ''Dark Reign 2'' engine. This studio would later develop ''Destroy All Humans!''.
In 2003, the Los Angeles studio moved from its founding location at Santa Monica to a high-rise building in Westwood.
In November 2005, it was announced that Pandemic and BioWare would be joining forces, with private equity fund Elevation Partners investing in the partnership. However, both companies will retain their brands and identities[1].
There are currently several development teams inside Pandemic:
★ Full Spectrum Warrior team, responsible for the original game as well as its sequel, ''.
★ Star Wars team, who developed the '' series.
★ The team, is currently working on a sequel, , which will be published by EA.
★ Project B,Q,Y,Z teams, currently working on several unannounced projects and the recently announced ''Saboteur'', a game chronicling the adventures of a French resistance fighter during WWII.
★ Brisbane Team, working on another game in the ''Destroy All Humans!'' franchise with ''THQ''.
★ '' (1999)
★ ''Dark Reign 2'' (2000)
★ ''Triple Play 2002'' (2002)
★ ''Army Men RTS'' (2002)
★ '' (2002)
★ ''Full Spectrum Warrior'' (2004)
★ ''Star Wars Battlefront'' (2004)
★ '' (2005)
★ '' (2005)
★ ''Destroy All Humans!'' (2005)
★ ''Destroy All Humans! 2'' (2006)
★ '' (2006)
★ '' (2007)
★ ''Saboteur'' (TBA)
★ ''Pandemic'' also has four projects planned simply entitled Projects B, Q, Y, and Z.
1. ''Bioware & Pandemic Merge'' - TotalGaming.net news, 3 November, 2005
★ Official website
★ Queensland Games
| Contents |
| History |
| Teams |
| Games developed |
| Games planned |
| References |
| External links |
History
The company's president is Josh Resnick and its CEO is Andrew Goldman — both formerly worked at Activision, and Pandemic was founded with an equity investment by Activision in 1998 (investors include Bono from U2). Pandemic's first two games, '' and ''Dark Reign 2'', were both sequels to Activision games.
In 2000, Pandemic opened a satellite studio in the Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. The first project was ''Army Men RTS'', a console RTS game using the ''Dark Reign 2'' engine. This studio would later develop ''Destroy All Humans!''.
In 2003, the Los Angeles studio moved from its founding location at Santa Monica to a high-rise building in Westwood.
In November 2005, it was announced that Pandemic and BioWare would be joining forces, with private equity fund Elevation Partners investing in the partnership. However, both companies will retain their brands and identities[1].
Teams
There are currently several development teams inside Pandemic:
★ Full Spectrum Warrior team, responsible for the original game as well as its sequel, ''.
★ Star Wars team, who developed the '' series.
★ The team, is currently working on a sequel, , which will be published by EA.
★ Project B,Q,Y,Z teams, currently working on several unannounced projects and the recently announced ''Saboteur'', a game chronicling the adventures of a French resistance fighter during WWII.
★ Brisbane Team, working on another game in the ''Destroy All Humans!'' franchise with ''THQ''.
Games developed
★ '' (1999)
★ ''Dark Reign 2'' (2000)
★ ''Triple Play 2002'' (2002)
★ ''Army Men RTS'' (2002)
★ '' (2002)
★ ''Full Spectrum Warrior'' (2004)
★ ''Star Wars Battlefront'' (2004)
★ '' (2005)
★ '' (2005)
★ ''Destroy All Humans!'' (2005)
★ ''Destroy All Humans! 2'' (2006)
★ '' (2006)
★ '' (2007)
Games planned
★ ''Saboteur'' (TBA)
★ ''Pandemic'' also has four projects planned simply entitled Projects B, Q, Y, and Z.
References
1. ''Bioware & Pandemic Merge'' - TotalGaming.net news, 3 November, 2005
External links
★ Official website
★ Queensland Games
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